on March 11, Post on a Russian fan page for Follower sherry bragging about hacking what’s in development followers 2, and started threatening the game’s Ukrainian developers. These developers have now responded and basically told them to go to hell.
The post and hack seem to be a response to developers GSC Game World’s decision not to localize their upcoming shooter game for the Russian market, and to the way Russian members of the series’ community were treated following their country’s invasion of Ukraine. year. The hackers are asking the GSC to “reconsider your attitude towards players in Belarus and Russia” and “apologise for its worthless attitude towards casual players in those countries”.
Regarding the lack of Russian localization, “Fans expect this from your official company. People don’t need to spoil the game because of politics.”
The hackers say they have concept art, story details, maps and “much more”, adding “tens of gigabytes” worth of data. They say they will post these images and information online if GSC Game World does not respond by March 15.
Well, GSC Gaming World—who He killed a developer of the game while fighting against the Russian invasion in December.– they responded, but not in the way the hackers probably hoped. Inside a statement released earlier todaythe developers (not mine, their capital letters) say:
RECENTLY, OUR EMPLOYEES’ COLLECTIVE WORK-VIEW APPLICATION ACCOUNTS HAS STARTED. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS WAS ASSUMED BY A COMMUNITY FROM A RUSSIA SOCIAL NETWORK. THEY ARE threatening to use the data obtained for blackmail and transportation purposes. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO HACK OR LEAK OUR DATA, INCLUDING PERSONAL INFORMATION. WE HAVE FACED CONTINUOUS CYBER ATTACKS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. WE ARE FACED WITH BLACKSTAY, ATTACKS, HACKS, ATTEMPTS TO DAMAGE PLAYERS AND FANS AND ATTEMPTS TO DAMAGE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OR OUR COMPANY’S REPUTATION.
WE ARE A UKRAINIAN COMPANY AND LIKE MOST UKRAINIANS, WE EXPERIENCED MANY MANY MUCH HORRIBLE THINGS: DESTROYED HOUSES, DESTROYED LIVES AND DEATH OF LOVED ONES. ATTEMPTS TO BLACK ORDER US OR BRING US BOUNDARIES ARE COMPLETELY IN vain.
OUR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT OUR COUNTRY IS UNCHANGED – WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. AND THIS WILL NOT CHANGE IN THE FUTURE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE WILL STAY STRONG AND Courageous, despite their efforts to break us. BECAUSE WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN SOMETHING AND YOU LOVE IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART, YOU HAVE TO DEFEND IT NO matter what.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. BUT THESE CHALLENGES JUST ENGAGE US TO WORK HARD, BECAUSE
WE BELIEVE THE TRUTH IS WITH US. BAD NEVER WINS.
IN THE EVENT OF ANY LEAK, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU AVOID MONITORING OR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION ABOUT STALKER 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL. OLD AND WORKING MATERIALS CAN SAY THE EFFECTS OF THE FINAL IDEA WE PUT INTO THE GAME. WE RECOMMEND YOU TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL RELEASE FOR THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE. WE BELIEVE YOU WILL LOVE IT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GREATEST THANKS FOR OUR LOYAL COMMUNITY. WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE AND SUPPORT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. FROM EACH MEMBER OF THE GSC GAME WORLD TEAM.
OUR MISSION IS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND DELIVER ALL OF OUR STRENGTH AND PASSION TO YOU DESPITE ALL THE OBSTACLES IN THE ROAD. YOUR SUPPORT IS OUR INSPIRATION.
GOOD LUCK TO UKRAINE.
SINCERELY,
GSC GAMES WORLD TEAM
So this is a “no”.
